The Bottineau pioneer., 1887-03-31
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL NEWS.

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sure the opening OF portion Of the
Sioux reservation under the severalty
bill. . 81
The secretary has affirmed the COM
missioner's decision canceling Ambrose
Paquette's entry of the northwest
quarter section IL, town / 10, range 73..
Huron district. '
Tho people OF White Lake are
very much elated at the prospect
of having another branch of the Mil
waukee & st. Paul road run into that
town. 1t is expected to reach that
point by August. n
The secretary of the interior reyers-
ed the decision Of the commissioner 81
the general land Office, and directed
the issue OF a patent to Carissa D.
Knott for the southwest quarter sec
tion 10, town 129, range e5, Aber.
deem land district. II
Bottineau Pioneer: By the United
States census OF 1880 the rate ofmor-
tality in New Hampshire was 16.1 to
the thousand, New Jersey 1853, Kan
sas 1872, Wisconsin 12.1, Ohio 1873,
Nevada III, Oregon 1O.7, and
Florida 8, while in Dakota, by the
census of 1885, the death rate was
only 6.1 in thousand, thus establish
Ing the superiority Of it's climate for
salubrity. II
Indictments at Canton, were set
aside by Judge Palmer on the ground
of informality in drawing the Grand
jury.
Highmoro Special; A Bohemian
tamily named Viten, four in number,
living north of Highmore, were ar
rested on the charge of committing
IN assault upon and severely injurlng
one Resarck. a neighbor. -
John Wertner, a herder for Mitchell
Of Mandan, became lost and wandered
about for fifty hours in the south
part of Morton county. He was f.
nally found on the Cannon Ball mine,
with both feet frozen. He was taken
to Fort Lincoln, where the post sur
seon has just amputated both feet.
One of the most successful farmers
Institutes ever held in Dakota, was.
held at Gary. It was under the
supervision OF DR.. w. H. Gates of
Gary, and was attended by 800,
farmers from Lac qui Parle and Yel-
low Medicine counties, Minnesota, and
Deuel. county, Dakota.
Mrs. Maratta, wife of United States
Marshal D. w. Maratta, of the dis.
| trict OF Dakota, died in Minneapolis.
Mrs. Maratta went to Minneapolis
rom her home in Fargo q few days
ago for medical treatment, accom-
panied by her daughter and brother.
Capt. Maratta was at Bismarck at
the time of his wife's death, and was
immediately notified OF the sad event.
A company known as the Equitable,
Investment company, with capital
Of 800, 900. has been incorporated
10 do loaning business, with head
quarters at Watertown. The officers
are: President, e1-Mayor w. B.
Thomas; vice president, Hon. G. G..
Williams; treasurer, FL. D. Walrath,
president of the first national bank;
secretary, D. w. stutenroth.
Bathgate is proud of it's new fire ap--
paratus.
Budd Reeve of Burton, ex-chairman.
Of the Traill county commissioners,
has sued G. N. Bowers, of the Hills
boro Banner for $4,000 for libel.
The matter sued upon was published
n regard to recent business complica-
hons. e..
Jack Conners, a noted tough ofMan--
dan, was arrested on charge of as
sault and battery and bound over to
await the action of the grand jury.
The entire present bonded debt of
the territory is $5es,0oo. Thebonds
authorized by the legislature just ad-
journed aggregate $3.50, 900, or with
In $38, 900 of the entire previous debt
of the territory. The amounts au-
thorized are as follows: Sioux Falls
penitentiary, $14,3OC; deaf mutes
school, $23, 10000; Yankton hospital
lor the insane, 500, 500; Jamestown
hospital, 81 53, 900; Grand Forks uni
| vCISACys %GO,OoV3 CAiuAAitOu, %oO,OOOS
6pearfish normal school, $25, 600,
Madison normal school, $35, 800; ex- {.
perimental farm, Brookings, $54, 90;
reform school, Plankinton, $50, 900;
school of mines, Rapids City, $23, 900;
Bismarck penitentiary, $4,000;
total, $3.50, 100. r~
Fargo Special: A suit is pending in
the district court here involving some
$25, 900 worth of real estate and
property OF an aged widow, which
grows out of an alleged fraudulent
transaction in which several sharp
ers, it is charged, has recorded, in the
register of deeds Office in this city,
deeds purporting to convey the entire
homestead property OF Mrs. Harry
Young. The transaction is alleged to
have taken place at Helena, Mont,
while Mrs. Young was on a visit to
that place. Several we'll known citi-
zens are said to be implicated. Mrs.
Young denies ever having sold any
| portion Of her property, and has be-
gan proceeding to recover title to the
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